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Blow bend in level 5 submission

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Sun, 07/13/2014 - 08:34
luckyharp
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Ho David!

In the level 5 submission, ex 2.3 is asked to play the 10 holes in 12 bar blues.

Until now we never studied blow bends, on the hole 9 there is that F# that is a blow bend, should I learn to play it now or I can skip that one like the one on the hole 10 ?

Thanks.

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Sun, 07/13/2014 - 09:01
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David Barrett
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Good morning luckyharp. Skip it... if you look at http://www.bluesharmonica.com/levels-of-achievement/level-5 you'll see this. It's not a bad idea to start messing round with blow bends, they take to develop. Just make sure to practice FAR away from any living being ;-)

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Sun, 07/13/2014 - 09:30
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luckyharp
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Yes David, I asked because

Yes David, I asked because you talked about hole 10 but alse the 9 has a blow bend.

By the way I will work and see if I get to play the 9 F#, if not I will use hole 8 draw D.

Thanks.

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Sun, 07/13/2014 - 13:37
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Ah yes, good call, thank you for bringing that to my attention. Use 8 draw D, the 9'+ is not very musical sounding.

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Sat, 07/26/2014 - 06:10
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Other question David, In that

Other question David,

In that exercises, should I play a single note for each chorus or I can present some flutter, slaps and pulls ?

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Sat, 07/26/2014 - 08:14
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Flutters, slaps, pulls... sure, bring it on.

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